More Questions on History
- Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
A)IItutmish
B)Alauddin Khalji
C)Balban
D)Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: Balban
- Q. By which act of British India, was the Governor General empowered to issue ordinance ?
A)Charter Act of 1853
B)Indian Councils Act, 1861
C)Government of India Act, 1858
D)Indian Council Act, 1892
Answer: Indian Councils Act, 1861
- Q. Which emperor wrote the play ‘Nagananda’ in Sanskrit language?
A)Harshavardhana
B)Prabhakara vardhana
C)Chandragupta II
D)Bindusara
Answer: Harshavardhana
- Q. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
A)Ghagra
B)Panipat
C)Khanwa
D)Kannauj
Answer: Kannauj
- Q. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in __________ was thrown open to all British subjects
A)Spices
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Cotton
Answer: Tea
- Q. Which Bhakti Saint did not believe in the qualified monism of Ramanuja and emphasised the doctrine of duality, based mainly upon the Bhagavata Purana?
A)Ramananda
B)Madhava
C)Vallabhacharya
D)Chaitnaya
Answer: Madhava
- Q. Of the following who was a poet and political thinker?
A)Jinnah
B)Gandhi
C)Mohammed Iqbal
D)Patel
Answer: Mohammed Iqbal
- Q. The partition of Bengal was occurred in __________
A)1805
B)1804
C)1904
D)1905
Answer: 1905
- Q. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
A)Devaraya I
B)Bukka I
C)Krishnadevaraya
D)Ramaraya
Answer: Devaraya I
- Q. Which of the following ruler was a contemporary of Buddha?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatshatru
D)Mahapadma Nanda
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. How many layers of Mohenjo-daro were found?
A)7
B)6
C)8
D)9
Answer: 7
- Q. Which famous book was written by Nostradamus
A)Das Kapital
B)Les Propheties
C)The Tempest
D)None of the above
Answer: Les Propheties
- Q. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure to a situation where
A)The Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
B)The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
C)The person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and inreturn pays rent to the landlord
D)The land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
Answer: The Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/ her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
- Q. Which world heritage site comprises of the tomb of Iltutmish?
A)Mahabodhi Temple Complex
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutub Minar
D)Red Fort Complex
Answer: Qutub Minar
- Q. Which king of England was forced to signed the ‘Magna Carta’
A)King Louis
B)King Richard I
C)Henry III
D)King John
Answer: King John
- Q. The members of the Board of Control must be paid from
A)Indian Revenues
B)The Consolidated Fund of England
C)Funds Voted by Parliament
D)The revenues of Princely States
Answer: Indian Revenues
- Q. The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
A)Ashoka
B)Kanishka
C)Mahakashyap Upali
D)Sabakarni
Answer: Ashoka
- Q. Who was the founder of the Sena dynasty?
A)Hemanta Sena
B)Ballal Sena
C)Lakshman Sena
D)Vijay Sena
Answer: Hemanta Sena
- Q. Where is the longest corridor of the temple?
A)Madurai
B)Shreerangam
C)Tiruchendur
D)Rameshwaram
Answer: Rameshwaram
- Q. Which one was the capital city of Byzantine Empire
A)Rome
B)Venice
C)Vienna
D)Constantinople
Answer: Constantinople
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